Cristiano Ronaldo got angry and walked away, but the Navigators have refused to let the Ronaldo earthquake swallow them.Quite the opposite.Portugal defeated Norway 2-1 on Sunday night in Porto to make it two victories over Erling Haaland and his side in the space of a week, securing their place in the Nations League quarter-finals with their November fixtures now little more than a formality.🚨🇵🇹 GONCALO RAMOS GIVES PORTUGAL THE LEAD! BEAUTIFUL GOAL! https://t.co/STF5fcaa24— Tekkers Foot (@tekkersfoot) October 4, 2026 And there was a familiar name on the scoresheet: Goncalo Ramos.For years, the Milan striker has struggled to escape Cristiano's enormous shadow. Ever since making his Portugal debut in 2022, Ramos has lived in the orbit of the greatest goalscorer in the history of the game. His brief escape came in Qatar, when he was handed a start against Switzerland in the last 16 instead of Ronaldo, and responded with a hat-trick.Now, perhaps, he is finally getting another chance.Ronaldo off to Riyadh, Bruno calls him to consider coming backAfter scoring the winning goal in the away game against Norway, he added another in the win over Denmark in Copenhagen, along with the assist. Finally, he delivered against Norway again.Ramos scored and assisted in the win over Denmark in Copenhagen. Then, against Norway, he delivered again.In the 79th minute, Joao Felix slipped the ball into his path and Ramos poked it past Egil Selvik to finally break Norway's resistance and seal another statement victory.##EDITORS_CHOICE##Portugal also completely neutralised Haaland. The Manchester City striker, one of the most devastating goalscorers in world football, was barely allowed a sniff all night. His only real opportunity came in the second half, when he fired wide from inside the box.Norway took the lead through Brentford centre-back Kristoffer Ajer, who produced a superb volley from close range. Two minutes later, Joao Cancelo answered with something even better.A clever throw-in from Nuno Mendes caught Norway sleeping; Cancelo met it with a perfect first-time volley and absolutely smashed the ball past Selvik.Cancelooooooo equalises!!!!! What a strike ! https://t.co/TpnOEM5YVY— Eddy🇬🇭 (@Kay_EliteHQ) October 4, 2026 For the first time in years, Portugal have shown something they have rarely been allowed to show – they can breathe, play and win without Ronaldo.And perhaps nobody is enjoying that newfound freedom more than Goncalo Ramos.UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE – DIVISION ASundayGreece – Germany 0-0Netherlands – Serbia 2-1 (1-1)/Koopmeiners 31, Zirkzee 72 – Cvetkovic 35/Portugal – Norway 2-1 (1-1)/Cancelo 38, Ramos 79 – Ajer 36/Wales – Denmark 0-1 (0-0)/Hojlund 75 pen/Monday21.45: (1.55) France (4.20) Belgium (5.90) 21.45: (1.45) Italy (4.50) Turkey (7.00) Tuesday21.45: (7.75) Croatia (5.10) Spain (1.37)21.45: (1.13) England (9.00) Czech R. (17.0) ***odds are subject to change***